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[-] ours@lemmy.film 5 points 1 year ago

That looks like white phosphorous. It burns at 2500C and sticks to things and people.

[-] 73ms@infosec.exchange 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

@ours I constantly see it said that these are actually unlikely to be white phosphorus as a reply to the videos being labeled as such...

Anyone have a longer explanation or a link to one about the range of things these kinds of attacks can be and why they might or might not be white phosphorus when it is Russia doing it in Ukraine?

@ukraine

[-] Eheran@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Burning white phosphorus (WP) releases a thick white smoke (P2O5 reacting with water in the air). So if there is no dense, white smoke, it can not be WP.

[-] 73ms@infosec.exchange 3 points 1 year ago

@Eheran Thanks, yeah I saw your other comments that provided informational links after posting this.

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[-] ours@lemmy.film 1 points 1 year ago

Could this be illumination rounds then? Would explain how the forest isn't actually on fire, the lack of smoke, and the non-chalantness of the video.

[-] Eheran@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

No, those are incendiary rounds, there just isn't much left to burn at this point. It looks amazing for a minute and then it is burned up.

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